Reticulated platelet assay at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$84.03
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$108.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$6.13 with California Health & Wellness vs $11.77 with Partnership Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.13 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8.01 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9.66 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.89 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10.24 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.36 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $10.95 | ↓ -87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $11.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -86% |
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Reticulated platelet assay at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $47.43 | $35.03 – $219.39 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.04 | $5.89 – $92.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4.62 | $3.18 – $108.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $47.94 | $35.74 – $314.41 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $33.15 | $35.74 – $125.42 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $36.72 | $315.14 – $315.14 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.15 | $35.03 – $235.88 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $49.05 | $28.59 – $88.20 |